Lock Picking and Lock Bumping News — locksmith tools

It will probably come as no surprise to you that one of the questions I regularly receive (second of course to 'Where's my order?') is 'How long will it take me to learn to pick locks?' Sometimes it's not so encouraging, just a simple 'How long until I can pick locks?', or occasionally a simple 'How long does it take?' I wouldn't be surprised if one day I got an email coldly asking 'When?', such is the nature of our instantly gratifying, disposable culture, where the journey is considered an obstacle and the destination everything. Sure, we all want to...

Marc Weber Tobias is an internationally know security expert. If you're interested in picking locks and you don't know Marc's work, you'll do well to have a look. I caught up with Marc and fired off a few questions...     UKBumpKeys  Hello Marc, firstly thank you for agreeing to talk with me. I’ve been following your work for years, and it’s continually provided me wonder and knowledge I doubt I, or any of us would have otherwise had. Your engagement and reporting of the Kaba Simplex story was fantastic, and a cracking example of your work. If anyone hasn’t...

Hello all Hey Hey Hey! I managed to get out of going to a wedding today - which is always nice. Personally I didn't think they should get married in the first place, and when I told my friend, he was quick to tell me the wedding had merely been rescheduled, not cancelled. Oh dear. So I've taken my foot out of my mouth and since it looks like monsoon season has hit London I thought I'd write a little post about our new lock picking sets. Namely our Lock Picking Starter Special and our Dangerfield's Premium Lock Pick Set....

We have some excellent new tools for early 2015 The excellent HUK Red Tiger Lock Picks, an extremely extensive set of lock picks this set will cover just about every pin tumbler lock the world over including dimple locks. A large selection of standard slimline lock picks and lock rakes and more heavy duty lock picking tools that are suitable for the largest locks the world over. A 12pc Broken Key Extractor Set for less than 8quid you can't really go wrong that contains a standard set of hooks perfect for removing broken keys and other obstructions from locks. A...

I hope this finds you well. The new year is well and truly into gear now and all the great ideas you had over the holiday period have retreated back to where they belong and you're back in your reassuringly familiar groove. We make changes when we have to, not when we want to - it makes more sense that way anyway. I'm obviously back to work. Not that I ever stopped. I went on holiday, but with modern communications it would have almost been rude not to work. There I was on a beach in Thailand, my lady friend...